DIY Digital Menu Boards for Restaurants

This low-cost, do-it-yourself solution for creating a digital menu board not only looks great with your branding, it's easy to update as menu prices and items change. Here are the simple steps for creating a digital menu board with almost any TV.

1) You can use any TV that is equipped with a USB port capable of playing media. I’ve found Vizio Smart TVs to be a reliable and cost-effective option.
2) Buy the VESA mount you like from Amazon.
3) Make a menu design using PowerPoint, Export the menu as a Jpeg and save it to a jump drive.
4) Plug the jump drive into the USB port on the TV.
5) Turn on the TV and select the USB port as the input. Browse to your menu graphic and “play” it. Some TVs can display multiple images as a slideshow, so it could be multiple menu pages, or a menu and pictures of food.

[maichu]

thank you so much for this video!!!! I searched high and low for a video like yours on how to do it and everyone else's sucks with worthless info!!!! I figured it out by watching yours!!!! thank

[moicrux]

Gave me the greatest idea ever!! Thanks youtube and freinds

[seharris]

Me thinks I shall do this instead of actual chalk art lol saves me so much time designing in Adobe Illustrator then uploading to a screen

[zunairaslam]

How many you get the tvs to play videos for example to show you products being cooked or prepared

[ivendudley]

Hi Dennis, can you please let me know why my jpg is not filling up the whole TV screen? It’s at the correct 16:9 ratio with 1920x1080 pixel and my image looks small on the TV

[MaxCruiseable]

i know how to put static jPG images on the TVs, but how do you do the ones with videos?

[thisandthat]

Ok how about playing videos on the screen??

[truelovetravelers]

What are the dimensions for the menu when you create it?

[CarlosAndresVelasquez]

Hi Dennis, how would you go about making a slideshow of different screens that loops for maybe 14 hours?

[PlayVida]

I remember mexican restaurants doing this like 15 years ago ..lol

[rajeev]

Can you rotate the tv for vertical display ?

[zakariazaki]

Hello! I have a problem when I edit an image in Photoshop and display it on a TV, its color changes. Is there a solution in the settings? I hope to get a response soon.

[Coolbimmerguy]

I'm using a Samsung TV and even tried it with LG, Vizio, and others and after a couple hours the screen goes dark, no off, just dark and I have to restart the image. What can I do to keep the screen active?

[jiveturkeylegs]

DIY is not an indication of a failing restaurant... it's smart business if you can avoid added cost! Anyone thinking otherwise is probably a sales rep of paid menu programs.

[eddieduque]

Yeah when you have to install 5 TVs and try to turn them on and off every day.

[BBfoot]

And you guys still don't understand why your restaurants are failing... no investment no return